Redemption 3
The life of faith encompasses several events and moments that we journey through multiple times during the course of a lifetime. The devotion below is part of an ongoing series that explores these central themes of Christian doctrine.
“Through the Spirit, Christ offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice, freeing us from all those dead-end efforts to make ourselves respectable, so that we can live all out for God.”
- Hebrews 9:14, The Message paraphrase
We are called to be agents of God’s redemption in all aspects of our lives. The redemption that God provides is not just for isolated aspects of our being, but meant to be a wholistic redemption that transforms us and sets us free to live differently. Our lives become a witness to the redemption we have personally received.
Sometimes, in our efforts to live out our faith, we can reverse the order and begin to think that our efforts to share God’s light are the required actions needed to receive redemption. But that’s incorrect. God graciously provides us with life, forgiveness, and redemption and in response to these gracious gifts we live as transformed individuals. We are sent into the world not only to declare that God’s light will shine in the shadows but to serve as the torchbearers.
The life of faith encompasses several events and moments that we journey through multiple times during the course of a lifetime. The devotion below is part of an ongoing series that explores these central themes of Christian doctrine.
“Through the Spirit, Christ offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice, freeing us from all those dead-end efforts to make ourselves respectable, so that we can live all out for God.”
- Hebrews 9:14, The Message paraphrase
We are called to be agents of God’s redemption in all aspects of our lives. The redemption that God provides is not just for isolated aspects of our being, but meant to be a wholistic redemption that transforms us and sets us free to live differently. Our lives become a witness to the redemption we have personally received.
Sometimes, in our efforts to live out our faith, we can reverse the order and begin to think that our efforts to share God’s light are the required actions needed to receive redemption. But that’s incorrect. God graciously provides us with life, forgiveness, and redemption and in response to these gracious gifts we live as transformed individuals. We are sent into the world not only to declare that God’s light will shine in the shadows but to serve as the torchbearers.
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